| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something condensed from whole |
Synonyms: |
abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, decoction, distillate, distillation, elicitation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection |
Antonyms: |
insertion |
| Main Entry: | extraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal from whole; distillation |
Synonyms: |
abstraction, derivation, drawing, elicitation, eradication, evocation, evulsion, expression, extirpation, extrication, pulling, separation, taking out, uprooting, withdrawal, wrenching, wresting |
Antonyms: |
addition, insertion, introduction |
| Concept: | [Forcible egress] Extraction. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
extraction; extracting; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution., evulsion, avulsion; wrench; expression, squeezing; extirpation, extermination; ejection; export (egress)., extractor, corkscrew, forceps, pliers.
-verbs
extract, draw; take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out; wring from, wrench; extort; root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out; eradicate; pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots; averruncate; unroot; uproot, pull up, extirpate, dredge., remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate (eject); eviscerate., express, squeeze out, press out.
-adjectives
extracted.
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Antonyms: |
insertion |
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